Urthona will be playing at Metal at Chalkwell Hall, Southend-on-Sea on Saturday 11th October as part of the Feelgood Cafe event running from the end of Sept until mid December. Tickets available here. Come on you Shrimpers!

Urthona will be performing at Absolute Elsewhere, part of the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival on October 10th at the Shelley Theatre, Bournemouth. English Heretic, Alexander Tucker, Heather Leigh and whole load of others are also on the bill. Tix available here.

20+ years since last visit to the Trowlesworthy sites (long-ingrained snootiness to the china clay works?); never mind the despoiled landscape, here’s a shit-up cairn circle. Awesome stone row and avenue too.

Head on down the A303 to catch BBC 6 Music Stuart Maconie’s Freakier Zone West Country Freaks spesh, including Flying Saucer Attack, Portishead, Coil, Spinal Tap… and Urthona. Jeez weez sure in righteous company there.

On Salisbury Plain yesterday we came across these fairy shrimps, living in a temporary pond formed by the ruts of tank tracks. These endangered critters have been on Earth for about half a billion years (Upper Cambrian) and have a really interesting life cycle. The Plain – which we’re increasingly digging I tell ya – is a stronghold apparently. OK, so now we gotta build a pond over the winter.